Speech: Big Gulps in the Big Apple

over 50% of Ameri stinkpots consume at least 1 sweet-flavored alcohol addiction a day. I would imagine everyone in the audience has been to a fast-food restaurant at least once or consumed a sugary drink over 16 oz at the movies and the law that creates this essence nowadays relates to fast food places and the movies. What if I told you that in bran-new York metropolis it is illegal to buy a 20 oz Coca-Cola at McDonalds or 7-11. I am addressing this publication because this very law whitethorn one day show its way down from New York city to Washington D.C. The censor on seltzers over 16 oz in New York City is unjust in that it goes against the Life, Liberty, and involvement of Happiness  promise on which the unite States was built and does not address the real issue it was designed to effect (Jefferson).\nProponents of the soda ban such as New York Citys Mayor Michael Bloomberg cope that sugary drinks over 16 ounces should be banned because of the many wellness risk s related to the usage of sugary drinks. A a couple of(prenominal) of the diseases that have been proven to be caused by drinking fluffy drinks are type deuce diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis (Harvard). Additionally, harmonize to the Framingham mettle study a mortal who drinks one or much soft drinks a day is almost two quantify as likely to sire type two diabetes. This poses a serious threat to the health of Americans because the average American consumes iv soft drinks a calendar week (Harvard). The affects of diabetes are serious and can lead to pre-mature death. These affects are both short status and coherent term, but the long term effects such as the development of heart disease, mettlesome blood pressure, loss of vision, and kidney loser can be fatal.\nFurthermore, according to the Center of Disease suss out around 600,000 deaths in the join States were reported to be caused by heart disease. That is one in every four deaths ( center field)! Heart di sease is such a problem in the United States that the federal government spends nearly 109 billion dol...